That was my understanding too.
I think they're both done as far as college football is concerned.
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I think they're both done as far as college football is concerned.
Williams posted in premium forum on Saturday about it, mentioning that Hansen and Sama were the future at RB. So sounds like it to me.
I get the reasons why both would want to leave. They both had good spells for us but weren't able to elevate themselves to "the guy" for a variety of reasons. They wouldn't have stayed for the bowl game anyways, so it's really only one game they are missing out on, and it turns out giving the carries to the guy still here ended up winning the game. Best of luck to both of them.
They were both running the ball well too. That's unfortunate and might have been a disaster if Sama got hurt Sat.
EDIT: I forgot about Hansen but still...
EDIT: I forgot about Hansen but still...
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Sama didn't see the field vs Kansas. I'm assuming he got dinged up in the Baylor game (based on commentary found here on CF).
Brock is no longer enrolled at ISU.
Yeah, I'm not sure Hansen was ahead of them, but Sama definitely was. And they likely want to be featured backs, and that's totally fine.
Hansen is a great pass blocker and catcher, better then the 2 leaving. Also a starting deep back on returns with Noel.
Is Arlen Harris still on the team? RB's depth chart would be 1) Sama 2) Hansen 3) Harris 4) Walk on for the bowl game . Next year add Dylan Lee. That looks like a good position group.
Even if they were told Sama wouldn’t have been ahead of them, but they were going to be in a RB by committee situation for the next 2 years they still may have chosen to transfer. Im not gonna hold it against them. I just hope they land somewhere where they do get the situation they’re hoping for
That was my guess too. I think the staff has been helpful to guys who realized they weren't going to get time and wanted to go somewhere to play. Maybe the "how" wasn't quite right.
With Sama I don't think Norton is a big loss. I wish Sanders stuck around as I think he could have see some time in the backfield and transitioned into a slot/hybrid receiver role.
I remember Todd Blythe had a teammate from Texas (didn't make it very long), that would complain it was too cold out in August.
He looked like he got concussed in the last drive of Baylor to me, but didn’t see anyone else confirm
Didn't seem to bother Rocco & Brenden Black.
Best wishes to the both of them. They ran hard and will be solid backs somewhere else. Homeboy Sama is the future.
